in like a lion, out like a lamb

My week was a bit like March in Minnesota: in like a lion, out like a lamb (though growing up I think I experienced more that were in like and lamb and out like a lion w/ a late March or early
April snowstorm. . .)

Remembrance stones of Christ's faithfulness and power in my life this week:

1. My tuition assistance situation was able to be sorted out retroactively, and the $300 was not lost.

2. I got an invitation on Thursday to interview for a place at GWU. They apologized for the problems with the registration. They were willing to be flexible and give me a phone interview when I requested it (I have since then determined that while it was nice of them to do this, there's no denying that I will be at a huge disadvantage if I am not there in person so I need to try to sort out with Philip if I should chance a space-available military flight or if we bite the bullet and pay for me to fly commercial straight to DC but our communication has been really limited, difficult this week *I got my first lesson in the hardship of very limited deployment communication where a facebook message was misread and resulted in both of us getting pretty upset. DRAINING!* )

I'm relieved and so pleased but really trying to really reign in any excitment or get hopes up AT ALL. This is the first step of three. I've got two big ones ahead of me: actually being accepted and (the GINORMOUS one) being stationed where I am accepted. Excitement makes Philip nervous because it's really difficult to think about being accepted but not having an assignment that matches up. He doesn't want me to be dissapointed and it's difficult to know that this happening or not is completely out of his control due to the nature of his job.

I was thinking this morning about Joseph. What an incredible picture of longevity of trust he was. The thing was that he was faithful for YEARS before he saw God do what He had promised to do in his life. He was confident in Who God was even when it didn't look like God was fufilling that which Joseph had been told would occur. Joseph remained faithful for YEARS before all things were added onto him (i.e. he dream of bundles of wheat bowing down to him when he was young- how long until this happened in his real life? his brothers only were in a position that represented the picture the Lord had given him AFTER Joseph had been kidnapped and imprisioned for years.) If you don't know the story, check it out in Genesis 37-45 (or if you know the story, read it again) and examine the story taking careful consideration of God's timing in Joseph's life.

My mom gave me something to chew on this week that has been VERY VERY challenging. . .
"A shallow Christian loves God for what He does, A mature Christian loves God for who He is. I want to learn to be the latter." This actually fits in well for what Philip said after his job dissapointment situation a few months ago: "The question isn't "why?" The question (and answer) is "Who?"